Earlier this month, in a case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Home Depot avoided a class action suit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The lawsuit accused the company of improperly obtaining personal information about job applicants by relying on background check authorization forms that did not … Continue reading this entry Tags: Background Checks,California,Fair Credit Reporting Act,FCRA

Multistate employers with headquarters located outside California may wake up to a rude surprise on January 1, 2017, as a result of a new California Labor Code law affecting their employment agreements with California employees. California Labor Code Section 925 applies to employment contracts with employees who live and work primarily in California, prohibiting such … Continue reading this entry Tags: California,California Labor Code Section 925,employer,multistate

You may recall some recent high profile stories in the media involving teenagers committing suicide as a result of being bullied by their peers. However, bullying is not limited to the playground or teenagers engaged in social media. Recent surveys indicate that bullying is also prevalent in the workplace. For example, a survey commissioned earlier … Continue reading this entry Tags: California,Healthy Workplace Bill,Title VII

Since becoming governor of California in January 2011, Jerry Brown has signed a number of significant employee-friendly laws, placing an ever-growing burden on California employers. This article will briefly summarize many of the laws. Misclassification of Independent Contractors (Effective January 1, 2012) This law prohibits any employers from willfully misclassifying employees as independent contractors and … Continue reading this entry Tags: California,Employee Friendly Laws